The Reichenbach Fall is the season finale of Sherlock's second season which in my opinion is better than the first. But this review is about this episode, this mind-blowing piece of television, it's truly superb. Steve Thompson's screenplay was splendid, truly brilliant. I'll say the same about Toby Haynes's direction and superb visual storytelling. The cinematography and all the camera angles, the editing. There's so many things, technically, that makes this into 80 minutes of pure brilliance. The suspense, tension and the crime-drama. Phenomenal!
Inspired by "The Final Problem" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and heavily using elements from the film The Woman in Green. "The Reichenbach Fall" shows Sherlock Holmes getting more famous by each case, whilst Jim Moriarty hatches a mad scheme to turn the whole city against Sherlock.
The performances of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson are yet again perfect, superior even than any other episodes in the show's history. I also think Andrew Scott's mesmerizing performance as Jim Moriarty needs a huge shout-out, like Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as the titular character, these two actors does a performance anyone could be proud to say a perfect acting performance. Martin Freeman too. There's so many aspects to think about about these performances, from mannerisms to other aspects. Benedict Cumberbatch gave us an award worthy performance, this episode and "A Scandal in Belgravia".
What if "The Reichenbach Fall" would have been the series finale? It would have been a well written, well shot and overall perfect finale just because of that ending. I think the writer succeeded in bringing new life and some originality to the source material. But this wasn't the series finale, it was just a season finale, and I can't wait to hop into the third season. This was terrific episode from start to finish, a masterpiece of an episode.
Inspired by "The Final Problem" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and heavily using elements from the film The Woman in Green. "The Reichenbach Fall" shows Sherlock Holmes getting more famous by each case, whilst Jim Moriarty hatches a mad scheme to turn the whole city against Sherlock.
The performances of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson are yet again perfect, superior even than any other episodes in the show's history. I also think Andrew Scott's mesmerizing performance as Jim Moriarty needs a huge shout-out, like Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as the titular character, these two actors does a performance anyone could be proud to say a perfect acting performance. Martin Freeman too. There's so many aspects to think about about these performances, from mannerisms to other aspects. Benedict Cumberbatch gave us an award worthy performance, this episode and "A Scandal in Belgravia".
What if "The Reichenbach Fall" would have been the series finale? It would have been a well written, well shot and overall perfect finale just because of that ending. I think the writer succeeded in bringing new life and some originality to the source material. But this wasn't the series finale, it was just a season finale, and I can't wait to hop into the third season. This was terrific episode from start to finish, a masterpiece of an episode.